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Improving child nutrition outcomes in India : can the integrated child development services program be more effective? (English)

Abstract

This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Improving child nutrition outcomes in India : can the integrated child development services (ICDS) program be more effective?, conducted in 1975 and continued through the ... See More +This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Improving child nutrition outcomes in India : can the integrated child development services (ICDS) program be more effective?, conducted in 1975 and continued through the time the paper was written in India. The study observed the impact of ICDS program on child nutrition status in villages on the individual level. Overall, the program had no significant impact on nutritional outcomes. It did have a positive impact on boys' stunting in 1992. For girls there was no significant impact. There was actually a significant negative impact in the poor Northern states. Program placement was very regressive across states; the states with the greatest need have the lowest program coverage. Program placement within states is more progressive. Funding for the study derived from the ICDS Fund.
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